The inaugural issue of Quotidian: Dutch Journal for the Study of Everyday Life is out. The next drilling disaster: Unregulated natural gas drilling could wreak havoc on the environment and human health. The best post-9/11 novel: An interview with Teddy Wayne, author of Kapitoil. When your publisher won’t pay you for translating a popular German guide to anal sex, don’t take the law into your own hands, take ‘em to court — but which one? From the oil spill to the financial crisis: Richard Posner on why we don't plan for the worst. Adam Kirsch reviews Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel. From The Chronicle, Paul Bloom on the pleasures of imagination: From an early age, we know the difference between reality and make-believe, but that doesn't stop us from retreating to fantasy throughout our lives; and Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris on the trouble with intuition: There are times to go with your gut, but there are other times when that will lead you astray (and a review of The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us). Sit down and watch the movie: Theater popcorn may not be cheap, but it's actually a good deal for everyone. We should all aspire to become “good-enough activists,” remembering that though some of our actions will fail, and some will be flawed, our contributions matter all the more because we’ve proceeded despite our uncertainties and doubts. How congressional Republicans are beating Democrats on the Internets. Jesus, Jesus, Jesus: In the late 1950s, three men who identified as the Son of God were forced to live together in a mental hospital — what happened? The New Yorker's "Summer Fiction" Issue features twenty young writers who capture the inventiveness and the vitality of contemporary American fiction.
